Kameli Soejima (副島 亀里, Soejima Kameli, born June 1, 1983) is a Fijian born Japanese rugby union player. He represents Japan in rugby sevens and made his debut at the 2014 Dubai Sevens.[2][3] He is Japan's top try-scorer in the 2015–16 World Rugby Sevens Series, and was also one of their top try-scorers last season.[4][5]
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| Full name | Kameli Raravou Latianara Soejima | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | June 1, 1983 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Nasekula, Labasa, Fiji[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 92 kg (203 lb; 14 st 7 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Soejima was selected for the Japanese sevens squad to the 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil.[6][7]
References edit
- ^ Ralago, Josaia (12 February 2017). "Rugby Blood". Fiji Sun. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
- ^ Kumar, Rashneel (5 December 2014). "Latianara to play for Japan". Fiji Times Online. Archived from the original on 19 August 2016. Retrieved 2016-07-27.
- ^ "Asia Rugby Sevens Series reaches its climax at the Sri Lanka Sevens". Asia Rugby.com. 9 October 2015. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 2016-07-27.
- ^ "Japan announce Olympic Sevens squads". Planetrugby.com. 2016-07-18. Retrieved 2016-07-27.
- ^ "World Rugby Sevens Stats Hub - Most tries scored". worldrugby.org. 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-17. Retrieved 2016-07-27.
- ^ Moresio, Stella (19 July 2016). "Kameli, Tuqiri For Japan". Fiji Sun. Retrieved 2016-07-27.
- ^ Ravulo, Ana (18 July 2016). "Tuqiri and Soejima make Japan 7s Rio Olympics team". fijivillage.com. Retrieved 2016-07-27.